Cosmological Research with the 10-meter South Pole Telescope

该奖项的主要目标是继续利用10米长的南极射电望远镜(SPT)进行天体物理观测，并支持对望远镜数据的尖端科学发现和研究分析。小组委员会未来五年的研究方案包括三个主要部分：(1)继续对最近完成的2500平方英尺的数据进行科学分析，并公开发布数据产品。度。这些活动包括：(1)对Sunyaev-Zeldovich CMB进行调查；(2)对CMB最近部署的偏振敏感相机SPT-POL进行了三年的观测，包括分析和公开发布数据；以及(3)开发和部署了新的SPT-3G相机，并进行了两年的观测，通过对SPT光学系统和多色偏振敏感探测器的重大升级，将使天空测绘速度提高一个数量级以上。这个观测计划每个阶段的数据将用于改进宇宙学模型和广义相对论框架的测试，对描述早期宇宙和中微子部分的参数施加越来越精确的约束，绘制大尺度结构图，表征再电离，并提供大质量星系团、高红移透镜星系和其他来源的目录。这一系列科学解决了宇宙学和物理学中一些最引人注目的问题，这些问题一直是几份国家报告的重点。特别值得一提的是，《2010年天文学与天体物理学十年调查》建议开发新的仪器和观测来探索CMB极化。通过出版物和数据发布，这一雄心勃勃的技术开发和科学研究计划的成果将与社区共享。拟议的活动将研究生和本科教育与技术开发、天文观测和科学分析结合起来，有助于培养下一代科学家。通过将研究活动带入本科生课堂，研究和教育也被整合在一起。通过建立良好的教育网络，与非科学家分享前沿研究成果的范围扩展到了大学以外，该网络覆盖了教育体系中所有层次的广泛受众。通过博物馆伙伴关系和新媒体，小组委员会的外联和教育努力将接触到大量个人，同时使体验个性化。

An overarching goal of this award is to continue astrophysical observations with the 10-meter South Pole Radio Telescope (SPT), as well as to support cutting-edge scientific discoveries and research analyses of telescope's data. The SPT research program for the next five years consists of three major parts: (1) the continued scientific analysis of, and public release of data products from, the recently completed 2500 sq. deg. Sunyaev-Zeldovich CMB survey; (2) three years of CMB observations with the recently deployed polarization sensitive camera, SPT-POL, including analysis and public release of data; and (3) the development and deployment of, and two years of observation with the new camera SPT-3G that, through a major upgrade to the SPT optics and a multi-chroic polarization-sensitive 15,234 detectors, will provide over an order of magnitude increase in the sky mapping speed. The data from each stage of this observation program will be used to improve tests of cosmological models and the framework of General Relativity, place increasingly precise constraints on the parameters describing the early Universe and the neutrino sector, map large-scale structure, characterize reionization, and provide catalogs of massive galaxy clusters, high-redshift lensed galaxies, and other sources. This range of science addresses some of the most compelling questions in cosmology and physics that have been the focus of several national reports. In particular, the 2010 Astronomy & Astrophysics Decadal Survey recommended the development of new instrumentation and observations to explore the CMB polarization. Through publications and data releases, the results of this ambitious program of technical development and scientific research will be shared with the community. The proposed activities contribute to the training of the next generation of scientists by integrating graduate and undergraduate education with technology development, astronomical observations, and scientific analyses. Research and education are also integrated by bringing research activities into the undergraduate classroom. The sharing of forefront research with non-scientists is extended beyond the university through a well-established educational network that reaches a wide audience at all levels of the educational continuum. Through museum partnerships and new media, the SPT outreach and educational efforts will reach large numbers of individuals while personalizing the experience.